"My ancient resume had none of those words except 'professional'. Here is how they appear:
- More than 20 years professional systems analysis and programming
Rationale: Differentiate between hobbyist and paid programmer. In…"

"Overall as recruiters, I think we know when to pass a resume by and when not to. There will ALWAYS be exceptions. If I passed on every resume that had "Team Player" I'd have very few candidates. LOL I lways try to remember that what…"

"Good artile. I disagree with "assisted." If you are a Recruiting Coordinator, you did provide "assistance" to the recruitment team. I don't see that as a bad word. The applicant could be in an entry-level role, or working on…"

"Honestly, this is a silly article. It's just being downright pedantic and if I was about to reject someone for a single word they used on their CV, I would be terrible at my job. We are here to review people's entire skillset. This…"

"Someone once told me that if you'd never consider including the exact opposite of what you typed, don't bother using it.
Example "hard working". You'd never think to describe yourself as "bone idle" in a cv, so why…"

"Agreed with Amber! Implementation is a key part of rolling out a newly developed business product or program. It is an industry term and is a regular term in MBA and related studies. Can you think of better term(s) to describe implement?"

Fairly recently, influentials such as ERE and Monster were working to build momentum regarding the creation of a “Bill of Rights” for job seekers; specifically, to greatly improve the candidate experience. Due to the enormous amount of talk at the recent #truBoston event and on Twitter chats regarding employer branding and applicant black holes, I’ve been thinking about this issue again.

With recruiter transparency and forced accountability through social media, organizations clearly… Continue

However, as we approach Thanksgiving it seems like a good time to write down a few ideas on why interns – a growing percentage of the workforce – could be thankful for as they dutifully fulfill their intern responsibilities.

From the intern perspective (and with tongue firmly in cheek) YouTern presents…